Our editor has been rescheduled yet again to travel early tomorrow morning! He will arrive at the Team Relay before it ends (fingers crossed), however, we will still be offering live, lap-by-lap coverage from other people on the ground at the race. Coverage starts at approximately 10:00 am EDT, half an hour before the scheduled start of the race itself.

We spoke with Chrissy Redden and she says that the course is 11.5 kilometres, with each member of the team doing one lap. There is lots of climbing, at altitude. The snow that was on the ground earlier in the week is gone, and temperatures are back to 30 degrees C. The melting snow has made traction better, according to Chrissy.

The Canadian team consists of Chrissy Redden (Elite Woman), Roland Green (Elite Man), Ryder Hesjedal (Espoir Man) and Adam Coates (Junior Man). We will not know the order in which they will ride until tomorrow.

One rider who no one has seen arrive yet is defending men's champion Miguel Martinez (France). Martinez had planned to come in just before the cross-country, but that plan has obviously been affected, so it is uncertain whether or not he will make it to the Worlds.

BTAC Show Hours Extended

To all Exhibitors:

A decision to extend ExpoCycle show hours on Monday and Tuesday has been made in order to accommodate everyone traveling to the show.

Show Hours will now be:

Sunday 9 am to 6 pmMonday 9 am to 8 pmTuesday 9 am to 6pm

Move out hours will now be extended. The floor must be cleared by Wednesday at Noon.

Quebec Provincial Track Championships

These results were supplied for the Quebec Track Championships, held at the vélodrome Louis-Garneau September 8-9.

Points Race

Vet B Men

1

Lapointe

21 points

2

Marcotte

8

3

Rioux

3

Women

1

St-Laurent

3 points

2

Poirier

2

Vet C & D Men

1

Kosko

7 points

2

Maszewski

6

Senior Men

1

Choquette

13 points

2

Cloutier

18 (-1 lap)

3

Greaux

14 (-1 lap)

4

Maurais

8 (-1 lap)

5

Thorarinson

7 (-1 lap)

6

Houle Paradis

6 (-1 lap)

7

Guimbard

5 (-1 lap)

8

Gibson

4 (-1 lap)

9

Labelle

2 (-2 laps)

Poirier

St-Laurent

Sprint

Vet B Men

1

Sutherland

2

Lapointe

3

Rioux

4

Marcotte

Vet C & D Men

1

Kosko

2

Pleau

3

Maszewski

Women

1

Marcotte

2

Poirier

3

St-Laurent

Senior Men

1

Maurais

2

Thorarinson

3

Cloutier

4

Greaux

5

Labelle

6

McElhan

7

Gibson

Individual Pursuit

Women 3000m

1

Marcotte

4.45.45

2

St-Laurent

4.25.18

3

Poirier

4.44.62

Vet B Men 3000m

1

Garneau Louis

4.30.1

2

Sutherland

4.18.07

3

Lapointe

4.16.57

4

Marcotte

4.20.51

5

Rioux

4.25.87

Vet C & D Men 2000m

1

Maszewski

4.39.64

2

Kosko

3.76.45

Senior Men 4000m

1

Racine

6.14.04

2

Cloutier

5.04.16

3

Thorarinson

pulled-foot out

4

Greaux

5.14.46

5

Labelle

5.27.84

6

Choquette

5.17.13

7

Houle-Paradis

5.27.60

8

Mc Helhaw

6.19.82

9

Gibson

5.59.42

10

Dyson

11

Racine

5.35.88

Hors championnat 4000m

1

Guimbard

6.08.25

2

Savoie

6.10.48

3

Bélanger

6.00.01

Omnium Standings

Senior Men

1

Alexandre Cloutier

20 points

2

Alexandre Maurais

15

3

Cedric Greaux

12

4

Pascal Choquette

10

5

Keith Thorarinson

9

6

Martin Labelle

3

7

J-Philippe Paradis-Houle

2

Women

1

Kathy St-Laurent

22 points

2

Chantale Poirier

18

3

Genevieve Marcotte

17

Vet B Men

1

Marc Lapointe

24 points

2

John Sutherland

19

3

Guy Marcotte

13

4

Julien Rioux

10

5

Louis Garneau

1

Vet C & D Men

1

Rene Kosko

28 points

2

Hennick Maszewski

16

3

Robert Pleau

10

4

Paul Aime Lacroix

2

Univest Postpones Fourth Annual Univest Grand Prix

SOUDERTON, PA (Sept. 12, 2001) - Due to the tragedies in New York City and Washington, DC yesterday, the Univest Grand Prix international amateur bicycle race scheduled for Saturday, September 15, 2001 will be postponed. A new date for the event has not been scheduled.

"We feel deep remorse for the victims of yesterday's events, and for their families," said William S. Aichele, President and CEO of Univest Corporation. "We feel it is inappropriate at this time to hold the race, however, plans to reschedule are being considered."

"The Univest Grand Prix is the most prestigious amateur bicycle race in the United States," said John Eustice, race coordinator and owner of Sparta Cycling. "The Univest Grand Prix, with its international field, honors cooperation among nations. We are committed to preserving the spirit of this event." Contestants from the United States, Canada, France, Holland and Belgium were scheduled to participate in this year's event, which travels through numerous townships and boroughs in Montgomery County.

OMBI Course Cancelled - Ontario

The OMBI level 1 course scheduled for September 14/15/16 is cancelled

The next course will be October 19/20/21 at Kelso Conservation area in Milton This will be the last OMBI level 1 course of the 2001 season.